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NIGHT had closed over the Granadan prison. Abdalla was in his dungeon pacing to and fro at such distances as his chain would allow, and as the sharp clanking of the links fell upon his ear, he seemed studying out wild music from their notes. While he was thus engaged Tarik entered the dungeon, bearing beneath his arm a chess-board.
"Do you feel like a game of chess, this evening?" asked the jailor, as he sat his lamp down.